It is my turn for the weekly rotation of teacher-turned hall monitor. A student sidles up to me. "Miss, you should go over there. They're going to fight." A large group of teenage boys huddle at the other end of the Atrium. My heart starts to pound. I know some of those kids.

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The 'Samosas and Maple Syrup' column began running regularly in the Toronto Star in September 2015. However, my very first column appeared earlier, in January 2015 ... when I gave my 7 year old son The Talk.